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Pendragon's banner Helen Hollick · 1995 · ★ 4.1 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Who was the man... who became the legend... we know asKING ARTHUR?Pendragon's Banner is the second book in Helen Hollick's exciting King Arthur trilogy, covering 459-465 A.D. This is not a fairy tale or fantasy. There is no Merlin, no sword in the stone, and no Lancelot. This is the most accurate Arthurian legend ever written, based on historical evidence and meticulous research.At age… Shares: Kings and rulers in fiction, Britons in fiction, Britons, Arthur

The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1979 · ★ 4.1 · 876p · ≈ 29h · Moderate When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon. Shares: Kings and rulers in fiction, Britons in fiction, Britons, Arthur

Excalibur Bernard Cornwell · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A story of love, war, loyalty and betrayal, EXCALIBUR begins with the failure of Lancelot's rebellion and the ruin of Arthur's marriage to Guinevere. The Saxons, sensing the disunity of the Britons, seize the chance to destroy Arthur. The climax of the war comes with the legendary triumph at Mount Badon, and Arthur's great victory. But the promises he made then come back to haunt him after the… Shares: Kings and rulers in fiction, Britons in fiction, Britons, Arthur

Sword at Sunset Rosemary Sutcliff · 1963 · ★ 4.1 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate This brilliant Arthurian epic cuts through the mists of pagan, early Christian, and medieval splendors that have gathered about the subject and tells the authentic story of the man who may well have been the real King Arthur—Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Presenting early Britain… Shares: Britons, Arthur, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers

Pendragon Stephen R. Lawhead · 1992 · ★ 4.2 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate E-Book Extra: "Stephen R. Lawhead on…" (The writing process; The Atlantis/Britain connection; Whether or not Arthur existed, etc.)Arthur is King, but darkest evil has descended upon Britain's shores in many guises. And Arthur's most trusted counselor Myrddin, whom legend will name Merlin, is himself to be tested. So Arthur must stand alone against a terrible adversary to win immortality and the… Shares: Britons, Arthur, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers

The Crimson Chalice Victor Canning · 1976 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When a party of marauding Saxons destroy her father's villa, young Roman girl Gratia, 'Tia' escapes. She comes upon the body of the heir to the chieftanship of a British tribe in the west. Baradoc, a prisoner of Phoenician traders, was sold as a slave and is also escaping the Saxons. However, after being attacked he was left for dead by his cousin, the next heir. Tia nurses him back to health,… Shares: Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

Arthur Rex Thomas Berger · 1978 · ★ 3.9 · 499p · ≈ 16h · Moderate King Arthur, Merlin, and the knights of the Round Table live in ancient Britain but have contemporary concerns because Guinevere and the other women act liberated. Shares: Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

Arthur Stephen R. Lawhead · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate E-Book Extra: "Stephen R. Lawhead on…" (The writing process; The Atlantis/Britain connection; Whether or not Arthur existed, etc.)They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther's bastard.But his coming bad been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And be had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin. He was Arthur -- Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty… Shares: Britons, Arthur, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers

In winter's shadow Gillian Bradshaw · 1982 · ★ 4.0 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Praise for Gillian Bradshaw:"A welcome new light on the horizon of popular Arthurian legend." – Book listVows broken. . .Friendships betrayed. . . The fate of heroes finally revealed. . .As powerful enemies attack the throne from inside the kingdom, Arthur, his queen, and his greatest warrior Gwalchmai will be put to the ultimate test. Never faltering in her loyalty to the king, Gwynhwyfar has… Shares: Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

Knight Life Peter David · 1987 · ★ 3.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate New York, New York: A new candidate for mayor has thrown his sword into the ring. Arthur - as in King Arthur - has reappeared after 1500 years to try and take over the helm of the new millennium's Camelot: New York City. A born leader, with good looks and charisma, Arthur is sure to give the current batch of candidates some tough competition for the spotlight - especially with the help of his… Shares: Knights and knighthood in fiction, Knights and knighthood, Adaptations, Arthurian romances

The Boy's King Arthur Sidney Lanier · 1880 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The exploits of King Arthur and his knights in Britain. Shares: Arthur, Knights and knighthood, Adaptations, Arthurian romances

The Wicked Day Mary Stewart · 1983 · ★ 4.1 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Far from being the scourge of Arthur, his bastard son Mordred actually strives to resist Merlin's prophecy of doom. But he is thwarted by the schemes of his sorceress mother, Queen Morgause, who has brought him up to be her revenge incarnate. Shares: Britons, Arthur, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers

Works Robert Louis Stevenson · 1800 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Challenging This book is a collection of works of this Swanston Edition in Twenty five Volumes of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. This literary contribution of works by Stevenson offers the tales and work written by him throughout his lifetime. Shares: Britons, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

Enemy of God Bernard Cornwell · 1996 · ★ 4.5 · 409p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The continuing story of Arthur, the second in a trilogy which began with THE WINTER KING. The novels bring Arthur and his world to vivid life. A man battling for his vision of the future in a brutal age, dragged down by suspicions and magics of the past, surrounded by intrigue, dependent on his skill at war and genius for leadership. Shares: Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

The Fall of Arthur J.R.R. Tolkien · 2013 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. Shares: Britons, Arthur, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers

The Once and Future King T. H. White · 1939 · ★ 3.9 · 677p · ≈ 22h · Challenging T. H. White's modern classic about King Arthur. This particular edition may have been published in Russia, but it is in fact written in English. I just finished reading this edition on the Open Library. I wonder why it is described as being written in Russian? Shares: Britons in fiction, Britons, Arthur, Adaptations

The Road to Avalon Joan Wolf · 1988 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The pageantry and passionate intrigues of King Arthur’s court are expertly re-created in this historical novel—the only Arthurian novel in which all of the central characters are portrayed as intrinsically good people. This realistic retelling of the legend shows Arthur severing the bonds of bastardy, vanquishing the Saxons, and loving one woman. As the daring teenage warrior prepares for the… Shares: Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

The Pendragon Chronicles Michael Ashley · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 417p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Stories and short novels from the world of Arthurian legend. Shares: Britons, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

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